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World
Maritime Day: 29TH SEPTEMBER

i. World
Maritime Day
is being observed annually on 29 September across the world. The World
Maritime Day theme for 2016 is "Shipping: indispensable to the world".

ii. The theme
has been chosen to focus on the critical link between shipping and global
society and to raise awareness of the relevance of the role of IMO as the
global regulatory body for international shipping.

World
Heart Day: 29TH SEPTEMBER

i. World
Heart Day
is being observed annually on 29 September across the world. World Heart Day was founded in 2000 to inform
people around the globe that heart disease and stroke are the world’s leading
causes of death.

ii. Theme for
the World Heart Day 2016 is 'Light Your Heart, Empower Your Life'.

NATIONAL

Tripura
registers highest unemployment rate in 2015-16

i. According
to the latest annual survey on employment conducted by Labour Bureau,
Tripura had the highest unemployment rate of 19.7% in 2015-16.

ii. It was followed
by Sikkim with an unemployment rate of 18.1% and Lakshadweep with
16.1%.

iii. In
contrast, Daman and Diu had the lowest unemployment rate of 0.3%, followed by
Gujarat (0.9%) and Karnataka (1.5%).

Mumbai
is the wealthiest city in India

i. India's
financial capital Mumbai, which is worth over Rs 52 lakh crore, is the
wealthiest city in the country, according to the New World Wealth Report.

Mumbai is
also home to 45,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires, the report added.
Mumbai is followed by Delhi (around Rs 30 lakh crore) and Bengaluru (around Rs
21 lakh crore) at the second and third places respectively.

MP's
Gwalior is the most polluted Indian city: WHO

i. Madhya
Pradesh's Gwalior is the most polluted Indian city in terms
of air pollution, according to a World Health Organisation report.

ii. Indians
living outside the Himalayan belt and Kashmir are exposed to air pollution
beyond the WHO safe limits, the report added. Notably, Delhi does not feature
in the list of the top ten most polluted Indian cities.

i. Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti and Union Minister of State
for Petroleum and Natural Gas, DharmendraPradhan launched the
PradhanMantriUjjwalaYojana (PMUY) in the State.

ii. The scheme
was launched at two separate functions organized at Srinagar and Jammu. Union
Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region in the PMO, DrJitendra
Singh was also present on the occasion.

iii. Petroleum
Minister assured that LPG would be made available to everyone in the
State. He said in next two years no home in J&K would be without LPG
connection. The Union Minister also announced that a new LPG bottling plant
would be started in Kargil, while gas production would be increased in
Leh.

iv. Speaking
at the function, DrJitendra Singh stressed on the need to focus on
development of J&K. He said that present dispensation, both at State
as well as at Centre, are committed for the overall development of J&K,
adding, whatever, the situation would be people should never suffer.

Gujarat
APMCs Linked With ‘e-NAM’

i. 40
Agriculture Produce Market Committee’s (APMC’s) of
Gujarat were linked to e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). This is one
initiative of Prime Minister NarendraModi which will help eliminate
middleman and farmers can procure good price of their produce.

ii. Under the
e-NAM scheme launched by the Prime Minister on April 14, 240 APMC’s of the
country were to be linked through this portal. e-NAM is a pan-India
electronic trading portal which networks the existing APMC’s to create a
unified national market for agriculture commodities.

iii. The NAM
portal provides a single window service for all APMC related information
and services. This includes commodity arrivals and prices, buy and sell trade
offers, provision to respond to trade offers, among other services.

ii. The US
Navy said in a press release yesterday that the exercise will focus on
non-combatant events and include seminars in military medicine and maritime law
as well as subject matter expert exchanges in navigation, shipboard medicine
and damage control.

iii. The
exercise will also include Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and search and
rescue scenarios, the release added.

ii. The Tier
II debt will strengthen the capital base of the bank, which in turn will
support its businesses such as SME lending, agribusiness financing and
financial inclusion. The infusion will also help the bank expand to new
regions, RBL Bank said in a statement.

iii. RBL Bank
is an existing CDC investee company - having received Rs 174 crore equity
investment in March 2014 and subsequent pre-IPO investment of Rs
44.5crore in October 2015, it said.

BUSINESS
NEWS

Oriental
Bank to raise Rs 500 cr via Tier 1 bonds

i. Oriental
Bank of Commerce plans to raise Tier 1 capital through private placement of
Basel III Compliant Additional Tier 1 Bonds aggregating Rs 500 crore.
The bonds of the public sector bank will have a face value of Rs 10 lakh
each at par.

ii. The
proposed bonds Issue has been rated as 'A+' by CARE Ratings and 'A+ (Hyb.)
with Negative Outlook' by ICRA. At about 10.20 am, Oriental Bank shares were
trading a tad down at Rs 135.25 on the BSE.

AGREEMENTS
&MoUs

Telangana
inks MoU with ISRO to promote education

i. The
Telangana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to promote education.

ii. The MoU
was inked between Department of Information Technology, Electronics &
Communication of Telangana and ISRO’s Development & Educational
Communication Unit (DECU).

DFCCIL
Signs MoU with Railways

i. The
Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation and the railways have signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to fix the target for various projects
during 2016-2017.

ii. Dedicated
Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL), a
government enterprise under the administrative control of the Ministry of
Railways, is at present carrying out construction of 3,342km eastern and
western freight corridors for exclusively movement of goods trains.

i. Civil
Service Commission (CSC) of Maldives signed a MOU with Administrative
Staff College of India (ASCI) to get short term capacity development training
programmes for its officials.

ii. ASCI shall
assist CSC
to develop training programmes and materials required by CSC and help its
curriculum developers/trainers to develop new programmes and materials or adapt
ASCI programmes and materials for CSC use.

iii. ASCI shall
assist in organising exchange of experts and consultancy
service as needed by Maldives Civil Service apart from sharing information,
research publication and experiences generated by the institution.

APPOINTMENTS

Abbott
India Gets New MD

i. Pharmacompany Abbott
India appointed AmbatiVenu its new managing director for a term of 5
years effective September 29, 2016.

In
February this year, Abbott India announced resignation of its managing director
Rehan A Kh

AWARDS

Paytm
Founder named 'Best Businessman' at GQ Awards

i. Online
payments and m-commerce platform Paytm's Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar
Sharma has been named the 'Best Businessman' at the annual 'GQ Men of the
Year Awards 2016'. Sharma is the first Indian startup entrepreneur to be on the
list. "It validates the efforts of the Paytm team to build India’s first
$100 billion firm," said Sharma.

DEFENSE
NEWS

Defence
Acquisition Council clears proposals worth Rs 1,900 cr

i. The Defence
Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared proposals worth 1,900 crore rupees,
including for an electronic warfare system for low intensity conflict in Jammu
and Kashmir. An official said, the electronic warfare system is worth 330
crore rupees.

ii. The
council, chaired by Defence Minister ManoharParrikar, yesterday also
cleared a proposal to buy 405 crore rupees worth of anti-tank guided missiles
for training purpose of the army

SPORTS
NEWS

Cash
Awards to Rio Paralympics Winners

i. Cash
awards of a total of Rs 90 lakhs for the Rio Paralympics 2016 Medal
Winners have been announced by ThawaarchandGehlot, Minister of Social
Justice & Empowerment under Awareness Generation and Publicity (AGP) scheme
of Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.

i. Former
Australian cricketer Max Walker, whose awkward and unorthodox bowling action
earned him the nickname ‘Tangles’, passed away on Wednesday. Cricket
Australia on Wednesday said Walker died after a battle with cancer.

ii. Walker
played 34 Tests between 1972 and ‘77, taking 138 wickets at an average of
27.47, including six five-wicket hauls. He also took 20 wickets in 17
one-day internationals from 1974-81.

World Bank:
President : Jim Yong Kim
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States
World Bank Group:
World Bank Group has five international organizations:
♦ International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
♦ International Development Association (IDA)
♦ International Finance Corporation (IFC)
♦ Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
♦ International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)